For some reason, the phrase "traffic city, what a pity" popped into my head this evening, and I wondered if it might be from a song. And guess what? I was right! I probably hadn't heard this in 30 years.

It's from Styx' first album, and at 13 minutes, it goes without saying that it's rather, ahem, proggy.

One day I tried playing Travelling Wilburys for my co-workers, and they were like, "What the heck is this?"

I love that song, but occasionally I wonder, even in the world of Dylan's imagination, what's a souvenir stand doing by an old abandoned factory? They'd probably go days in between customers!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nearwildheaven

Roy Orbison's last project before his untimely and premature death, that's what!

Also Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan.

"Not Alone Anymore" is another of my favorites from that album. The album as a whole makes me think that Orbison would have been much better as an integral part of a combo, rather than a solo artist. Kinda like the way the Beatles were all better as Beatles than as solo artists.
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Since there's been some discussion of versions of Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" in this thread, here's Beethoven's Wig:
Here’s a piece that’s quite perverse
It’s the same every verse
So for better or for worse
We’ve 17 to go 103

I liked their album "Hunkpapa", and saw them in 1991. Unfortunately, the show was less than stellar.

Kristen Hersh is still performing, and published a book some years back about her battle with bipolar disorder.

I've seen both TM and Kristen Hersh many times. They are *not* to be seen for any sort of stage presence or dynamics. They pump great music out of the amps, but are otherwise motionless at the mic stands.

For the OP, I've been diving back into Grant Lee Buffalo who I was a little bit aware of and liked back in the 90s but got distracted by different music at the time.
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"He was shortish. And oldish. And brownish. And mossy. And he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy."

A few months ago, as I was leaving the supermarket, I heard a soft piano melody on the radio that immediately rang a very distant bell. I know that song. 1980s for sure. The verse was familiar, too but I still couldn't quite place it. And then the epic chorus blasted out and I was completely transfixed.

I loved, loved, loved that song when I was a kid, but I'm certain I hadn't heard it in... decades, really. As soon as I got back home, I played it on youtube 2-3 times, something that I never do.

Great thread & topic. As I've gotten older (I'm in my late 40's), this happens more & more often. Two specific examples in the past year:

-I'm a huge cinephile, and recently watched a great & underrated Australian movie called Little Fish (2005). It stars Cate Blanchett as a woman in her 30's who is re-evaluating her life & dealing with the after-effects of some bad decisions she made when she was younger. Great indy film, and at one point she hears the song "Flame Trees" being sung by a group of children. When I heard this song, it stirred my memory of hearing the original song back in the mid-late '80's, on the radio. The song was originally sung/composed by the Australian pop group Cold Chisel. I'm in the U.S., and don't remember hearing it that much here, but I guess it made a huge splash in Australia at the time. Prior to seeing this movie, I hadn't heard (or thought) about the song in 30+ years. In any case, I actually prefer the version from the film better - I find it to be much more haunting & melancholy:

-I also recently watched Super Dark Times (2017), a very disturbing film about a crime committed by some teens growing up in the 1990's. During a party scene in the film, in the background you could hear the song "Standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hand" by "Primitive Radio Gods". Great song & one that was all over the radio back in '96. However, I hadn't thought about this in years, until this film.
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-I was surfing the 'Net a couple of years ago, and came across a song from my youth, "Self Control" by the late Laura Branigan. I remembered hearing the song on the radio back in the '80's, but hadn't thought about this in years. In any case, I ended up seeing the video on YouTube (for the very first time), and found it haunting & creepy. Great stuff here, and IMHO Self Control was Branigan's best song. She was truly gorgeous back in the day, and could really dance 107

Not exactly from my very young youth, but Dutch band Urban Dance Squad was fairly obscure in the U.S. in the 90s (this song rose to #22 on Billboard Hot 100) and I don't remember it at all. My son finds obscure bands/songs that I like and happened across this one. You can really hear the influences and commonalities with more popular bands of the era, specifically Red Hot Chili Peppers, Living Color and Rage Against the Machine. Their video Fast Lane has cameos of LA artists Henry Rollins, Mike Muir, and Flea. It looks like Ice T is also in it holding Malcolm X's autobiography and a gun, but I can't confirm. That song was apparently in the movie Pump Up The Volume, but it wasn't on the soundtrack that I had.
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"I can't for the life of me understand what's so great about being stupid." ~ George Herbert Walker Bush

-I was surfing the 'Net a couple of years ago, and came across a song from my youth, "Self Control" by the late Laura Branigan. I remembered hearing the song on the radio back in the '80's, but hadn't thought about this in years. In any case, I ended up seeing the video on YouTube (for the very first time), and found it haunting & creepy. Great stuff here, and IMHO Self Control was Branigan's best song. She was truly gorgeous back in the day, and could really dance

I did not know Laura Branigan had died. 47 is way too young.

Anyway, my favorite LB story is this one: I was in an aerobic dance class and the instructor said that our next routine would be to "Gloria". My first thought was, "U2? Cool!" and then realized that it was the Branigan song of the same name.

Here's the U2 song. It does have a good beat, but most people would have a hard time dancing to it.

This is a fun thread to read thru, but I don't know what I can contribute as far as myself rediscovering any music from my youth because I still own all the music that I've ever bought (and I buy a lot of music). I've been buying records for myself since I was about 7 or 8 years old. Hell, I still have this 45; I've been rocking out to that song for 51 years now.
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When I was six years old (1973) the local radio station would play the song Singin' in the Kitchen a couple times a day. I loved that song! I googled it not long ago and discovered it was performed by Bobby Bare with his family. Ah, the good ol' days.

When I was 16 I would play guitar with a friend of mine. He played 6 string and I played bass. He was much more skilled than me, and he would teach me how to play rock songs. One of the songs was by the Japanese band Loudness. It was a great song, but for the longest time I couldn't find it because I forgot what the title was. After much searching I found it a couple years ago: Mr. Yes Man. Great tune.
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Anyway, my favorite LB story is this one: I was in an aerobic dance class and the instructor said that our next routine would be to "Gloria". My first thought was, "U2? Cool!" and then realized that it was the Branigan song of the same name.

Here's the U2 song. It does have a good beat, but most people would have a hard time dancing to it.

So, I decided to pull up their AFAIK best-known song, "Lady of the Lake" and am listening to it right now. Someone on the message board said it made the "Bubbling Under" section of the Billboard Top 100, stalling at #101. It was almost certainly an edited version; I can't imagine a 10 1/2 minute song getting onto Top 40 radio, not even in the mid 1970s.

Since there's been some discussion of versions of Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" in this thread, here's Beethoven's Wig:
Hereís a piece thatís quite perverse
Itís the same every verse
So for better or for worse
Weíve 17 to go

I'm sure that the version the (now banned) poster had asked about earlier in the thread is by SRC. It is terrific.
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